* CAL -3, over Oregon on Friday: Cal is only 1-3 on the road–which is logical for such a defense-challenged squad–but the Bears are 2-0 at home outright, and this one is in Berkeley. Give me the Bears!

OK, there’s one bad note: Cal is 0-2 this season as a favorite against the Vegas spread.

But Oregon is 0-5-1 ATS, and I’ll just presume that Davis Webb is healthy after the bye week and can dial up the usual 550 or so yards vs. Oregon’s defense (and maybe Cal’s defense can keep Oregon under 45 points).

I didn’t love last weekend, let’s try to get back on track with two large local games on Saturday that are a little dangerous but also irresistible for prediction conditions.

And to make it a Pac-12 sweep, I had to pick the Oregon-Nebraska game, too.

—KAWAKAMI (last week 1-2, overall 3-3)/

* STANFORD -8.5, over USC: David Shaw vs. Clay Helton, I know what coaching side I’m picking, which is pretty easy, since it went 41-22 Stanford’s way in the Pac-12 title game last December.

Oh, and also: Shaw’s Cardinal teams are 3-0 in games that follow an early-season bye (pure bye, not involving a Thursday night game). If the Trojans had an experienced QB in this one, I might lean differently, but nope.

Tons of things happening, so let’s try to squeeze this out now–no intro or drumroll–or forever miss this loaded Week 1 of the college season….

—KAWAKAMI (27-24-1 last season)/

* STANFORD -15.5 over Kansas State: I think this will be the opposite of the 2015 season-opening mega-clunker at Northwestern, and David Shaw and Christian McCaffrey will be very determined about exactly that.